Historic photographs of hip hop legends Eazy E & N.W.A. by multidisciplinary artist Ithaka Darin Pappas are currently appearing in two north American museum shows; "Contact High: A Visual History of Hip Hop" curated by Vikki Tobak at Seattle's Museum Of Pop and "
Boyz n the Hood" at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles curated by Esme Douglas.
During the years from 1988-1990, Ithaka Darin Pappas photographed Eazy E & NWA a reported 18-20 times. Images from these photographic sessions have appeared in the books;
Hip Hop Raised Me by DJ Semtex,
Contact High: A Visual History of Hip Hop by Vikki Tobak,
Approximate Gestures : Infinite Spaces in the Fiction of Percival Everett by Anthony Stuart and
The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll.
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